https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/page/15/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Historyenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-brian-dozier-reaches-a-milestone-c%C3%A9sar-tovar-makes-history-twins-birthdays-galore-r17088/Happy 68th birthday to Waseca native and former Twins third base coach Gene Glynn. Fun Fact: Glynn received Minnesota's first-ever "Mr. Basketball" award his senior year at Waseca, and handed the award off to Basketball Hall of Famer Kevin McHale (of Hibbing) the following year.  Glynn was...17088Sun, 22 Sep 2024 13:13:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/danny-thompson-forgotten-twins-shortstop-was-cut-down-by-leukemia-in-his-prime-r17089/Danny Thompson was a promising shortstop prospect in the 1970s who was drafted in the first round by two teams. Unfortunately, his baseball career never reached its full potential as he was afflicted with a deadly disease and passed away in what should have been the prime of his career.  Da...17089Sat, 21 Sep 2024 18:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-921-fenway-home-runs-by-killebrew-and-big-papi-make-history-r17085/  September 21, 1922: New Ulm Native Makes MLB Debut New Ulm native Doc Hamann made his only major league appearance pitching for Cleveland on this date in 1922. He gave up six runs without recording an out in the ninth inning of a 15-5 loss to the Red Sox. His career ERA is, therefore, "...17085Sat, 21 Sep 2024 13:04:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/the-twins-almanac-boomer-bombas-and-the-team-who-made-it-back-r17044/September 15: Happy Birthday, Rich Robertson Happy birthday to former Twins pitcher Rich Robertson. He lost 17 games in 1996, but tied for the major-league lead with three shutouts! Those three shutouts are even more improbable when you consider that he led the league in walks and had a 5.12 E...17044Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:06:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-september-14-jeff-reardon-brian-dozier-set-records-and-a-painful-assist-r17041/  September 14, 1989: Reardon Record Setting Save On this date in 1989, Jeff Reardon became the first player in MLB history with five-straight seasons of 30+ saves. September 14, 2003: Standard 8-9 Putout On this date in 2003, Twins right fielder Mike Ryan lost a Jhonny Peralt...17041Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/roy-smalley-was-an-iconic-twins-shortstop-was-traded-for-an-iconic-twins-shortstop-r17013/Roy Frederick Smalley III (Roy Smalley) was born October 25, 1952, in Los Angeles, into a baseball family. His father, Roy Smalley, Jr., was a major league shortstop, as was his uncle, Gene Mauch, who also later managed 26 seasons, five with the Twins. Roy Federick Smalley, Jr. played 11 seasons...17013Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:11:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-for-98-tom-kelly-number-retirement-double-boomstick-r16995/September 8, 1906: Birthdate of Frank Stewart Frank Stewart was born Frank Zwiaska to Polish immigrant parents in Minneapolis on this date in 1906. He made one major league pitching appearance with the Chicago White Sox in the final game of the 1927 season. Interestingly, Stewart was the se...16995Sun, 08 Sep 2024 11:30:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/pedro-ramos-the-first-minnesota-twin-to-ever-toe-the-rubber-r16993/Pedro Ramos was born on April 28, 1935, in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, the same hometown as Tony Oliva. As a teenager, he worked on his father’s tobacco farm. Pedro also made himself known on the local ballfields as a talented pitcher.  Ramos was nicknamed “Pete” or “Pistol Pete.” That latter bein...16993Sat, 07 Sep 2024 14:06:21 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-for-97-big-numbers-from-harmon-killebrew-and-mitch-garver-r16988/September 7, 1949: Rochester No-Hits Austin Townball Rochester Royals pitcher Sam Jones no-hit the Austin Packers on this date in 1949. (He had also no-hit Owatonna back on August 4th.) Six years later, playing for the Chicago Cubs, Jones pitched the first no-hitter by a Black pitcher in AL...16988Sat, 07 Sep 2024 11:32:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/rod-carew-walkoff-steal-of-home-rick-aguilera-saves-leader/September 1, 1972: Tenth-Inning Walk-Off Steal of Home Rod Carew stole home for a walk-off (or run-off) Twins win in the 10th inning on this date in 1972. Minnesota and Cleveland were knotted 4-4 after nine, with right fielder Bobby Darwin driving in all four Twins runs in regulation. Darwin w...16945Sun, 01 Sep 2024 14:04:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/twins-almanac-831-baylors-big-bat-a-near-no-no-and-a-000-era-r16942/August 31, 1987: Pennant-Chasing Twins Acquire Big Bat The Twins acquired veteran slugger Don Baylor from the Red Sox inexchange for minor league pitcher Enrique Rios on this date in 1987. Eight days earlier—with the Red Sox trailing the Twins by three at Fenway—Baylor hit a go-ahead gran...16942Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:44:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins-history/bernie-allen-twins-purdue-university/You must be a tremendous athlete to play Major League Baseball. In the history of MLB, many athletes are remarkable enough to play two sports and have done so. Four players came to me immediately: Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Brian Jordan, and Danny Ainge. But there are plenty of others. Hal...16934Sat, 31 Aug 2024 13:16:02 +0000